Sales and Use Tax Annotations

Annotation 550.0940

(f) SOCIAL CLUBS, FRATERNAL AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS

550.0940Dues. Amounts paid to meet a minimum food and drink requirement imposed on country club members are additional costs of membership rather than taxable additional amounts paid for food and drink because the purpose of the requirement is to keep the bar and restaurant at a break-even level in lieu of making up a deficit from other dues or club accounts, and thus the members have a social reason for paying the minimum even if the tangible personal property is not consumed. 7/22/69.